FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SIMS.
Read 1st time February 1, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1714S.02I
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article X of the Constitution of Missouri by adding thereto one new section relating to the disposition of tobacco settlement funds.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 18(f), to read as follows:
Section 18(f). All moneys received by the state of Missouri which are the proceeds of any award or settlement resulting from a final order in any dispute between the state of Missouri and any company which manufactures, sells or promotes tobacco or tobacco products shall be deposited into the Missouri healthy families trust fund, and shall be excluded from "total state revenues" as defined in section 17 of this article and be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Moneys in the Missouri healthy families trust fund shall be used solely for the purposes of promoting health care for tobacco-related diseases, research for cures of tobacco-related diseases including cardiovascular diseases and cancer of the lungs, mouth and esophagus, tobacco-related prevention and cessation programs and the provision of a safe and healthy environment for children.
Section B. Pursuant to section 116.155, RSMo, the official ballot title shall be:
"Shall the tobacco proceeds be excluded from any refund of excess state revenues, and be used exclusively for the purpose of promoting health care of tobacco-related diseases, prevention and cessation programs and a healthy environment for children?"
Pursuant to section 116.155, RSMo, the fiscal note summary shall be:
"Approval of this ballot measure excludes tobacco settlement proceeds in an amount of a projected maximum of one hundred fifty-eight million dollars per year to one hundred ninety million dollars per year from constitutional revenue limit calculations at additional cost to taxpayers."